Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-03-14
LOCAL JOTS.

Local inquirers, as to mining stock, are
being made.
There is very strong talk in town OF
starting a mining exchange here.
Repairs have been commenced on the
the street car track on First South street.
George Stringfellow is having the front
of his building on Main street torn down.
He intends to have a more elegant one
put up.
Three buss-loads of people left the
Walker and Gift houses to-day, to take
the d. & r. q. train. Sixty of these go
10 Manitou, Col.
Some parties seem to think that the
''Uncle Toms Cabin" troupe has already
arrived in town, because, they say, they
have seen two donkeys on the street
Mr.. Carson, who is buying stage horses
at Mark McKimmins complains that
there are too many scrubs and too few
good horses being brought in for sale.
The smelter men are anxious to see
some transient ore coming in. The
Mingo furnace, in consequence OF the
present ore famine, is running but one
stack, and the Germania only two.
About half of the institutions of Butte
City seem to be miniature prototypes OF
things in Zion. The other day we noted
that in Butte they have "White Ele-
phant;" they have also a Tabernacle.
That's right, Butteites, pattern after the
Saints.
The mooted question is whether Judges
Zane, Foreman and Henderson will grant
to Gentiles convicted under the same Sec
ton of the new law, similar leniency as
is shown polygamists, in suspending sem
tence of Imprisonment upon promise to
live in future within the law.
Captain T. G.. Bailey has sent load of
strychnine to Castle Valley. He intends
to declare war against the coyotes in
that vicinity shortly. An investigation
will probably prove to Mr.. B. that coy
otes are not the only sheep thieves in the
country.
The title of M. j. J. Rielly's illustrated
matter for Frank Leslie will be Utah, y
Enforcing the Edmunds-Tucker Bill. "
incidents in the City of the Saints. u
Mr.. REILLY has the reputation of being a
very efficient writer and painter. The
article will be deliberately illustrated with
portraits of the most prominent Mormon
characters.
While passing George Stringfellow's
bnilding, on Main street, to-day, Mr..
p. H. Taylor was startled by crash, and
had barely time to jump from under a
falling timber. The stick was an I'M
mense one, and fell from the top OF the
building. Had it struck Mr.. Taylor the
retult might have been fatal. Such care
lessness should be looked into by the city
authorities.
Mr.. Harry Haines, of Murray, met
with painful accident yesterday shortly
before noon. He was getting out of his
buggy in front of the Walker Opera
House, when the horse started suddenly
and the gentleman's foot caught in the
wheel. He was dragged several rods,
but finally succeeded in bringing the ami
NAL to a standstill. A severely wrenched
ankle was the result. Mrs. Haines, who
was in the buggy, was badly frightened
The Authors Carnival will be given
about the middle of April, for the benefit
of the Day Nursery. The ladies of the
different societies in the city will act as
committees on the different tableaux
Mr.. Willard Weihe, Mr.. Harry Aldousi
and other able artists will assist. A
selected orchestra will be under the man
agement of II. S. Krouse. The tab
leaux will be under the supervision OF
Mr.. James Jennings and Mr.. Joseph
Oberndorfer.
l.. l.. Secretary Hollister received to.
day by mail 5000 copies of Congrssmen
fuckers speech upon the Utah bill
They will be distributed throughout the
Territory together with the same number
of Mr.. Reid's speeches upon the same
measure, which were printed several
weeks ago at the job Office of our Repub-
hcan contemporary. The copies of Mr..
fuckers speech were printed at the
public printing office at Washington.
They are both mastery efforts, and will
be read with unusual interest bV the